Years Ago When I Got Stuck, I'd

There's Been A Growing Effort To Kick Soda Out Of The Schools. And Governors As Different As Arnold Schwarzenegger In California And Mike Huckabee In Arkansas Have Worked Hard To Get Soda And Junk Food Out Of Their State Schools, Which Is Good.

One Might Expect That The Families Of Murder Victims Would Be Showered With Sympathy And Support, Embraced By Their Communities. But In Reality They Are Far More Likely To Feel Isolated, Fearful, And Ashamed, Overwhelmed By Grief And Guilt, Angry At The Criminal-justice System, And Shunned By Their Old Friends.

The United States Now Has More Prison Inmates Than Full-time Farmers.

The Golden Arches Are Now More Widely Recognized Than The Christian Cross.

Marijuana Gives Rise To Insanity -- Not In Its Users But In The Policies Directed Against It. A Nation That Sentences The Possessor Of A Single Joint To Life Imprisonment Without Parole But Sets A Murderer Free After Perhaps Six Years Is In The Grips Of A Deep Psychosis.